AI-native fractional marketing and web design for owner-led businesses. We turn what you make, finish, build, or serve into qualified inquiries through smart websites, clear content, and consistent social. Rooted in Michigan's Great Lakes Bay Region, working nationwide.
Free, no obligation. Tim replies personally within one business day.
Trusted by owner-led businesses across manufacturing, services, and mission-driven work
Manufacturing is our flagship vertical and where our deepest proof sits, but the same playbook (make your real work findable, provable, and consistent) works across owner-led operators. Pick the one that sounds like you.
CNC, fabrication, tooling, plastics, automation, distribution, metrology. We turn shop-floor capability into qualified RFQs.
Marketing for manufacturers Consumer ServicesService and consumer businesses, from finishing and coatings to home and local services. We turn local and AI search into booked customers.
Marketing for consumer services Trades & ContractorsSpecialty contractors and field services. We make you look as credible as you are and turn searches into booked work.
Marketing for trades Mission-Driven OrgsNonprofits and alliances. We build a clear, credible, findable presence that reaches the right people.
Marketing for mission-driven orgsThese are separate offerings, ordered from the lowest-cost starting point up. You don't have to commit to a retainer, most relationships begin with a website and grow from there once the work proves itself.
A fast, AI-readable site that makes you look as credible as you are.
Hosting, maintenance, and a quarterly strategy touch. Priced by site size.
A 90-day roadmap across website, SEO, social, and content.
Your first-year marketing foundation, built to compound.
Scaling capacity across site, content, and social.
One coordinated program. Site, social, and content aligned to your real capacity, sales cycle, and seasonality, without the agency fluff.
A modern, fast site built to convert the people who actually pay you, and to be read by AI search.
A consistent, professional presence where your buyers, partners, and supporters actually spend time.
Short, useful pieces that build trust, earn AI citations, and quietly support sales.
We took a mid-market Michigan thermoformer running a basic brochure site and built a full marketing system across the flagship and every sister brand. We led with the only metric that pays the bills, verified RFQs, and grew them 5X in 24 months, with zero ad spend.
Audit and setup in month one. Real output by month two. Refinement and reporting by month three. See exactly what gets built, what we need from you, and what to expect.
Get a free site audit and we'll score your website against the 15 things real prospects check before they fill out your form, pick up the phone, or send an RFQ. You'll get a personalized report with prioritized fixes back in your inbox within one business day.
I spent years leading marketing for a Michigan manufacturer and its family of industrial brands, so I know how buyers in this region actually evaluate operators and what pushes them to act. The same instincts apply whether you make parts, finish surfaces, run a crew, or run a mission.
Socoz Design pairs that operator-side credibility with AI-native workflows to build the websites, content, and LinkedIn programs that convert what you actually do into qualified inquiries. You work directly with the operator who grew Vantage's pipeline, no account-manager telephone game.
One Operator, Two Practices
Socoz Design and Understanding Your AI are both run by Tim Bish under one company. If the gap isn't your website or content, it's your team's AI fluency. Understanding Your AI runs fractional AI leadership and hands-on ChatGPT/Copilot training for owner-led businesses across the Great Lakes Bay Region.
Quick answers to common questions. For anything else, book a discovery call.
Single-page websites start at $999. Final price depends on the number of pages and features. Every site includes a fast, AI-readable build with clean structured data, plus an optional monthly care plan that covers hosting and maintenance, priced by site size.
No. Manufacturing is our flagship vertical and where our deepest case-study evidence sits, but the same approach works for any owner-led business. We currently partner with manufacturers, consumer and local service businesses, trades and specialty contractors, and mission-driven organizations.
No. Socoz Design is rooted in Michigan's Great Lakes Bay Region, Bay City, Saginaw, and Midland, but works with owner-led businesses nationwide. The website and content systems we build are not bound by geography.
That's a core part of how we build. AI answer engines read raw HTML, not JavaScript-heavy template sites, so we build fast static pages with clean structured data, direct-answer content, and consistent entity signals. Being cited by AI search compounds over 3 to 6 months and is the kind of work the monthly engagement is built to sustain.
SEO, content authority, and LinkedIn growth compound over time. A 12-month engagement gives us the runway to rank, ship 30-plus content pieces, and actually move the needle on qualified inquiries. You get a clear 90-day roadmap and monthly deliverables. If you want a lower-commitment start, begin with a website from $999 or the Growth Audit.
Tell us what you do, who you want to reach, and your timing. We'll build a practical plan that drives qualified work, or just start with a website.
